Charles wesely



Patented Sept. 20, I898. C. WESELY.

TUB.

(Application filed Nov. 8 1897.)

2 Meets-Sheet I,

(No Model.)

No. 6l|,|88. Patented Sept. 20, I898.

C. WESELY.

TUB.

(Application filed Nov. 8, 1897.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. 044% Mm d ifjc'i' CHARLES IVESELY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 61 1,188, dated September 20, 1898.

Application filed November 8, 1897. $erial No. 657,762. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES WEsnLY, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Laundry-Tubs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which corresponding letters of reference in the different figures indicate like parts.

My invention has reference to laundrytubs, bath-tubs, sinks, and analogous structures which are formed from sheet metal; and the primary object of my invention is to employ plastic hardening material for reinforcing the same as distinguished from metal bars and wood reinforcements heretofore employed.

A further object is to so bond the plastic material where used as an exposed portion of the structnresuch,for example,as the bottom.with expanded or perforated sheet metal or wire sieving, that the sheet metal and plastic material may be securely anchored to each other.

To these ends my invention consists in the combination of elements hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of a laundry-tub embodying the features of my invention, a portion of the cement at the bot tom being broken away to show the wire anchorage or bond therefor. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view thereof, taken upon the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken upon the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig; 4 is a like view showing a modification of said invention; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view in plan taken upon the line 5 5, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, a indicates the main body or wall of myimproved structure, which is intended to represent a double or partitioned laundry-tub. The four sides constituting the walls of said structure are made from zinc, copper, or other sheet metal, which metal sheets are by preference extended at the top and bent outwardly, downwardly, and thence inwardly, as shown at b, c, and d, respectively, so as to form a hollow chamber having an opening or openings at the bottom,

preferably made by leaving a space 6 between the body a and flange d, the structure forming a hollow reinforcement around the top of the tub or sink, which is rendered effectual as a reinforcement in the manner hereinafter described. Around the outside of said tub or other structure at the bottom is a similar hollow reinforcement f, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, having a flange g bent inwardly and preferably upwardly in the manner described. At each of the corners are hollow reinforcements h, which are flush, or substantially so, with the outer reinforcements extending around the bottom and top of the tub, the chambers within which are in communication with the chambers within the reinforcement at the bottom or top, or both, but preferably with that of the reinforcement f. Soldered'or otherwise anchored to the bottom of said walls a of the tub is a netting or bond j, preferably of wire sieving or what is commonly known as expanded metal, which serves as a bond or support for a bottom 76 of cement or other plastic material, such as is commonlyused for forming walls of cement tubs and-sinks as heretofore constructed. The cement may,

weight to the tub to give it solidity in use, I

fill the horizontal reinforcing-chambers at the bottom and top and the vertical chambers 71, which connect therewith at the corners, and such, if any, as may be necessary to insert between the endsas, for example, at the middle opposite the hollow partition an, as well also as said partition-with a filling 71 of Portland or other suitable cement while the same is in a plastic state and permit it to harden therein. The space 6 at the bottom of the reinforcements permits the plastic cement to be forced into the hollow chambers at the bottom and top, as well as intothe vertical chambers connecting therewith, and into the hollow partition or partitions, if any, and upon the hardening of the filling the structure possesses not only the solidity but all the rigidity and strength of a tub or sink ICO the body of which is composed of cement or stoneware reinforced around the edges with metal bands or angle-iron embedded therein or bolted thereto.

It is obvious that said construction may be applied to single, double, or triple tubs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A laundry-tub or analogous structure having sheet-metal side walls reinforced with hollow metal reinforcements at the top, bottom and corners, said reinforcements being filled with plastic hardening material, substantially as described.

2. A laundry-tub or analogous structure having sheet-metal side walls and hollow metal reinforcements at the top, bottom and corners, said reinforcements being provided with openings therein for the reception of plastic material, substantially as described.

3. A laundry-tub or analogous structure having sheet-metal side walls reinforced with hollow metal reinforcements at the top, bottom and corners in combination with wire sieving secured to the bottom of the side walls, and a cement bottom anchored thereto, substantially as described.

4. A laundry-tub or analogous structure having sheet-metal side walls reinforced with hollow metal reinforcements, said reinforcements being filled with plastic hardening ma terial, wire sieving secured to the bottom of said side walls, a cement bottom anchored thereto, and a bottom lining composed of sheet metal, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 2d day of November, 1897.

CHARLES WESELY.

Vitnesses:

D. H. FLETCHER, F. H. DRURY. 

